Course Objectives:

·         Identify the main hazards of the workplace which can lead to an emergency occurring.

·         Distinguish the difference between different hazards and how they cause different emergencies.

·         Understand the importance of hygiene and health to know how to protect yourself from any disease.

·         Demonstrate and know how to perform resuscitation techniques such as CAB, CPR, and AED.

·         Demonstrate and know how to assist someone who is actively choking and how to help yourself.

·         Understand the differences between external and internal bleeding.

·         Know how to stop external bleeding by using different methods depending on the severity of the blood loss.

·         Identify internal bleeding and how to stop it.

·         Identify what shock is, the causes of shock, and how to stop its progression.

·         Distinguish between heat exhaustion and heat stroke and how to prevent its progression.

·         Identify diabetic emergencies and how to intervene.

·         Distinguish between open and closed fractures and know how to treat them. 

·         Identify a dislocation.

·         Practically preform several types of splints.

·         Identify Neck and Spinal Cord injuries and how to prevent its progression.

·         How to lift the person away from a dangerous area if they have neck and spinal cord injuries.